Followers crowded Golden Temple on first day of 2023

On the first day of the New Year, thousands of followers flocked to the Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple. Late on Saturday night, a swarm of worshippers arrived, and by midnight, the shrine complex was filled. The shrine complex was illuminated for the occasion. With the dawn of the first day of 2023, thousands were seen queued up to offer prayers at Harmandir Sahib – the sanctum sanctorum and the holiest of the Sikh shrines. Worshippers throng to the Golden Temple to pray at the shrine and take a dip in the sacred sarovar despite the chill. People flocked to other shrines in Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Patiala, and other cities throughout Punjab.